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== TSG suggested File Format For Dummies (WIP by Arvind for extra readability!) ==
The TSG suggests the following file format for data storage for most experiments.
* Field delimiter: tab (also after last field)
* Line delimiter: \r\n (also after last line)
* Quoting character: none
* File extension: "tsv"
* File encoding: ASCII / UTF-8
* Magic number: none
* First line contains header, not data
* Last field must not be empty (what if no data?)
Explanation for these choices (also nice for ourselves). In progress..
== File Format ==
== File Format ==
Data can be saved in a lot of file formats. If there is no reason to do otherwise, we prefer delimited files with the options shown in bold. Alternative options are also shown.
Data can be saved in a lot of file formats. If there is no reason to do otherwise, we prefer delimited files with the options shown in bold. Alternative options are also shown.